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[–] BraBraBra@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (16 children)

China apologists are scum of the earth and deserve to suffer in ""reeducation camps""

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 9 points 1 year ago (15 children)

@BraBraBra, neither China nor any other country today is what should be praised as a political ideal. China is certainly a totalitarian regime, but in comparison it is no worse than the US, Russia or others where the greed and lust for personal power of an elite prevail over the common good.
Political ideology is one thing and quite another to find where it is applied and not just nominal for the public.

[–] _danny@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The US is far from perfect, but we are not currently committing a genocide against our citizens. We have a terrible for-profit justice system, but it's not a genocide.

And, I can't believe it needs to be said, but a country commiting a genocide is worse that a country that's not.

[–] HeurtisticAlgorithm9@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In an immediately seen sense, the US is not really committing a genocide. However, the corporations that control the US through lobbying and bribes and whatever else are literally destroying the planet past the point where humans can survive. So, while before we all burn your living conditions might be better, the country is working towards a far greater death count.

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